US History STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) Practice Test

Identify a Black woman who built a trusted, self-made media and business empire. Oprah Winfrey fits this description best. She rose from poverty in Mississippi to become a powerful media figure, creating Harpo Productions, hosting and growing The Oprah Winfrey Show, and later launching the OWN network. Her success is driven by personal entrepreneurship, savvy branding, and a reputation for trust and influence in American media, plus extensive philanthropic work that reinforces that trust. The other figures mentioned are notable in politics or sports, but they do not embody the combination of self-made media domination and broad business empire in the same way Oprah does.